FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
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It is dark during the day and night.
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A falcon is killed by an owl.
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Duncan’s horses, once tame, go wild and eat each other.
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All the rivers dry up.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Unnatural events occur – such as a ‘mousing owl’, which is usually seen ying close to the ground, killing a high-ying falcon. Duncan’s horses become uncontrollable and, apparently, eat each other.
Detailed explanation-2: -They discuss the strange and ominous happenings of the past few days: it is daytime, but dark outside; last Tuesday, an owl killed a falcon; and Duncan’s beautiful, well-trained horses behaved wildly and ate one another.
Detailed explanation-3: -The unnatural things that Ross and the Old Man mention have happened since Duncan’s murder are that it is dark during the day, Duncan’s horses were set free and ate each other, and an owl killed a falcon. “The clock says it’s daytime, but dark night is strangling the sun” (2.4. 7-8).
Detailed explanation-4: -"What are these / So wither’d and so wild in their attire, / That look not like the inhabitants o’ the earth, / And yet are on’t?” She is asking the unnatural forces to replce her womanly fear (represented as her breasts) and replace it with bravery. This theme of Lady Macbeth talking to the unnatural.